Banks under pressure to pay more in split-cap deal

Eighteen of the 21 firms involved in the split-capital investment trust scandal are putting pressure on three investment banks to pay a large slice of the compensation being demanded by the UK regulator.

The three banks are understood to be ABN Amro, HSBC and UBS. Their brokers marketed split-level trusts, whose value collapsed during the bear market.

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110-Hour Workweeks Drove Young Bankers at a Boutique Firm to the Brink